spermaceti

Definizioni

sostanza cerosa contenuta nella testa del capodoglio, che si usa per produrre candele e pomate

Equivalenti

Esempi

“Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.”

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